I am a 2010 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering. Since then, I have spent most of my time as a management consultant to engineering companies, but have also worked as a mathematics instructor and volunteered for a Battlebot engineering team.

During high school and college, I worked as a private tutor of mathematics, physics, and English for local students from age 14-22. While job-searching after graduation...